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Edmonton was the chilliest place in North America Sunday, says Environment Canada meteorologist.
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The mercury dipped to a frigid - 46C at the Edmonton airport, making it the coldest place in Canada, he said. With the wind chill, it felt like - 59C. Spiker said it crushed the same day coldest temperature record of about - 33C set in 1968."I really hate living here in the winter.

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based on fear. I am no longer Borg, but the prospect of becoming human is
... unsettling. I don't know where I belong."

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Overnight temperatures in Ukraine reached an average minus 15 degrees Celsius, which is common at this time of year.

Ukrainian authorities said 93 villages -- mainly on the Crimean peninsula in the south of the country -- were still hit by a power outage.

In eastern Europe, police in Poland said Friday that 49 people had died of exposure this month, with most of the victims homeless, as temperatures plunged to minus 10 degrees Celsius.

At least six people have died of exposure in Lithuania in the past weeks, police and emergency services said there.

In Latvia, temperatures reached minus 14 Celsius on Friday morning. In the capital Riga, authorities decided to drop public transport fares to encourage drivers to leave their cars at home and prevent crashes and jams.

On Christmas Eve temperatures in Latvia are expected to drop to minus 28 Celsius, a record low.

In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, temperatures hovered around zero on Friday.

Czech police said several people had died of exposure in recent weeks, but no overall statistics were available for the country.